Helen Alexander

Helen Alexander, CBE

Appointed to the Board of Rolls-Royce "in September 2007. Helen Alexander was Chief Executive of The Economist Group from 1997 until July 2008, having joined the company in 1984. She has an MBA from INSEAD. She was Managing Director of The Economist Intelligence Unit from 1993 until the end of 1996. Helen is a non-executive director of Centrica, a Trustee of the Tate Gallery and a governor of St Paul's Girls' School. She was awarded a CBE for services to publishing in 2004. She is currently Chairman of PPA, the magazine industry trade association."